How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

3 stars There are things I really liked about this book and I things that I really didn’t like about it.For starters, I loved the mashup of memoir with feminist lessons. It made the text easy to read while still getting across messages and making the reader think. At times the book was hilarious and…

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Talker 25 by Joshua McCune

2 stars I won a copy of the sequel to this book from Epic Reads and figured I should read this one first; however, having gotten through it, I am second guessing whether I want to continue the series. I was really excited about this series because I thought, “hey…dragons”, and also, “female lead with…

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Harables: Short Stories 1 by Haidji

4 stars I received a copy of this book from Booklikes in exchange for an honest review. This is the second book I have read by Haidji and I loved it just as much as the first.Haiti’s writing style is amazingly beautiful. This book of short stories mixes fantasy and reality, keeping up a good…

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The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

5 stars A cool story with a likable main character and a great ending.I have wanted to read this book for such a long time and finally got a copy. I’m so glad I did. This is a simple, but amazing children’s book. Highly recommend to children and adults alike, male and female.

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Beautiful Secret by Christina Lauren

3 stars I received a copy of this book through Shelf Awareness in exchange for an honest review. So I usually avoid any books even remotely related to sex because I’m a bit uneasy around that sort of thing. But the cover of this one really drew me in. The plot itself is highly predictable…

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Wuthering Bites by Sarah Gray

4 stars For a mash up, this one was actually pretty good.I’ll admit it has been a few years since I read Wuthering Heights and there are some parts that I only vaguely remember, but Gray does a decent job of seamlessly inserting vampires into the original text. At times I found myself questioning what…

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Rosie Revere, Engineer (Questioneers Picture Books #2) by Andrea Beaty

Illustrated by David Roberts 4 stars A wonderfully whimsical, silly, sweet story. I reread this recently for this first time in years and enjoyed it just as much as the first time. Smooth, rhythmic narration with engaging rhymes and wonderful messages about perseverance, failure, and doing your best. Nice examples of creative thinking, problems solving,…

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